Today we went to his Neurology appointment and we took a “field trip” to neurosurgery the next floor up. Roller has a massive lump near his surgical site, we noticed it a few weeks ago and I’ve been trying to talk him into getting scans done. Neurosurgery said “go to the ER and get scans done.” So he finally went!
After waiting many hours, and a CT scan they figured out he has a spinal leak, he was sent home and on Monday we call his neurosurgeons and figure out what’s next.
Scheduling his own visitors. I don’t want to pressure him into seeing anyone too soon for him and he knows his body best. If you want to see him mention it to me and I’ll let him know or you can go to him directly.
He is getting ready to leave and recover at home! Iverson and I are just waiting for him!
Today he was working with PT and will continue after he gets home. But by the time I left to take care of Iverson he was walking on his own and joking around about everything. I left right when they were wheeling him down to an MRI.
The MRI looked good. Since they couldn’t take out the whole tumor without cutting into that main blood vessel they showed how small his Neurosurgeon was able to get it which looks like it was 2.1cm X 0.9 cm. Beyond that, everything looks on track for a person who had surgery 24 hours ago.
He’s doing so good that he gets to come home tomorrow
He’s awake and doing great. Less ivys in him today. He walked with a walker. He should be home soon.
This morning he ate an egg sandwich.
So he won’t be allowed to sleep without a nurse prodding him or bothering him for the next 24 hours. He is doing great though in IMO. I left about 25 minutes ago and he had drank 2 cups of water and ate 2 chocolate puddings, doped up with so many drugs. Tonight they will check is blood sugar, his swelling (back of head and eyes), and make sure his vitals stay stable. The only issue is he has a massive headache, which yeah that is going to be an issue! But I have a feeling he’ll be home soon. He already wants me to sneak Iverson in, told him that is a negatory. Iverson isn’t a quiet dog, he is loud and proud. Tomorrow I’ll head back after some sleep and time with Ivy, he has an MRI and then from there they will decide where to put him.
and already eating pudding!
He still covered in blood, but he’s good.
Chris did well, no transfusion no issues.
Tumor was growing in the membrane and connected to the bone and to the main blood vessel on top of the head. It had been there so long that it was growing its own vessels.
They took out the bone and removed the tumor as much as possible without issues with the main blood vessel.
They sent the tumor to pathology, installed a titanium plate with a cementish coverage, to meld with the bone. He’s still in recovery from the anesthesia.
He will be getting another MRI tomorrow to show how it’s healing.
Procedure complete.
He will go into the recovery wing where he will wake up and be asked about the day and month and other information. Once he’s up he will be transferred to IUC to spend the night and monitor him with hourly wake up calls and questions.
I got him a sleeping mask that can go around the head instead over it, so he can enjoy darkness that he craves as a vampire or troll. Then depending on how he heals he will be out of ICU and hopefully home soon.
I took a break and went home to get food and let Iverson out, I’ll be headed back soon though so I can see him when he’s out. But I got updates saying surgery is going as expected and is progressing well. That’s the best news we could currently get.
It’s started and Chris is doing fine.
Roller’s Update 